Window-shade holder.



B. F. MGORMAN.

WINDOW SHADE HOLDER."

APPLICATION FILED my 25, I917.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

BENJAMIN F. MOOBMAN, CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GILBERT SHADE HOLDER, COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIQ, A'CORPOBATION OF OHIO.

WINDQ'W-SI-IADE HOLDER.

Application filed May 25, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F; Moon- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVindow-ShadeHolders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to window shade holders and has for its object to provide certain improvements over Patent No. 1,158,677 issued November 2, 1915.

'lfhe device is adapted to carry the shade roller and is suspended on a cord and is adapted to assume any desired perpendicular position on the window to allow for top ventilation when the window sash is lowered and also to regulate the light entering the window as desired. lit has been diilioult in shade holders of this description to properly balance them and keep them in proper horizontal alinement, especially inasmuch as they are supported approximately at the center of their length and the shade rollers are not evenly balanced at both ends, thereby causing the shade holder to hang unevenly, unless provided with a means of compensating for the unevenness in weight.

It is therefore the object of my invention to provide means on a shade holder of this character for adding the necessary weight to that end of the shade holder which carrice the lightest end of the shade roller and at the same time, providing a more minute adjustment and unique fastening and suspending means for the shade holder.

The invention consists further in certain details of construction and combination of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a shade holder constructed in accordance with my invention showing it suspended in a window frame.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4. is a similar view taken on the line 4l l of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Serial No. 170,800.

end sliding members of my improved shade holder.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the main section of the device.

, Fig. 7 is a plan view of the same showing the graduated scale thereon.

Fig. 8 is an elevation showing the sus pending means including the mechanism for balancing the adjustment and the means for attaching same to the device.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of one portion of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a bottom view of the attaching clip which is illustrated in cross section in Fig. 8.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A represents a window frame in which is suspended my improved shade holder 1. The shade holder comprises a main section 2, preferably of angle iron construction as best illustrated in Fig. 6. A pair of lips 3 are preferably punched out of the top of said. main section 2 and at a point near the edge of same. ihese lips 3 project outwardly toward the sides of the window frame when the window shade holder is mounted and are engaged by clips l mounted on the ends of a: cord 5. Intermediate the clips on the cord 5, I provide a sliding clip o'which is preferably T-shaped in construc tion and fits tight enough on the cord 5 so that friction prevents it from moving except when adjusting its position on the cord 5. The clips t are preferably formed of a single piece of material and are rolled at one end forming a tube 7 and teeth 8 are punched from one side of same which on gage the cord 5 and securely fasten said clip to said cord. The clip is provided at the end with a slot 9 whicn is formed to receive the lip 3 on the main section 2 of the device.

The T-shaped clip 6 is preferably formed of a single piece of material as shown in Figs. 8 and 9 and is provided with a tubular portion 10 disposed perpendicularly when the complete device is mounted in a window frame, and a horizontal tubular portion 11 through which the cord 5 passes. The tubular portion 10 is securely fastened to the shade cord 12 preferably in the same manner as the clips are fastened to the cord 5. The cord 12 passes up to the top of the window casing and passes around a clutch pulley 13 at the top of the window casing. A similar clutch pulley may be provided at the bottom of the window casing and the cord 12 passed around same and then attached to the window shade in the well known manner.

Mounted on the ends of the main section 2 of the shade holder, I provide sliding end sections let and 15 which are provided With suitable flanges which fit over the angle main section 2. The end section lt is an gular in form and is provided with overturned flanges 16 which engage the edges of the main section 2. The section 14 is also provided with an end plate 17 preferably formed integral therewith and is provided with a slot 18 which receives the rectangular stub of the shade roller B. The end section 15 is similarly constructed but is provided with a pair of longer overturned flanges 19 to add the necessary extra weight required on that particular end of the shade holder, A round hole 20 is provided in the end plate 21 of the end section 15 to provide an opening to receive the round stub of the shade roller B.

It will be seen that the end sections 14:

and 15 are adapted to slide on the main section 2, the flanges 16 and 19 fitting tight enough over the sides of the main section to provide sufficient friction between the movable parts to prevent inadvertent movement thereof. A graduated scale 22 is provided at each side of the main section 2 as shown in Fig. 7, the scales being properly num bered consecutively to correspond with the width in inches of the window to be equipped. Thus the device can be made up in large quantities and can be adjusted to fit shades of various sizes. The inner edges of the movable end sections 1 1 and 15 by their coincidence with the various graduations of the scale 22 will indicate by the number adjacent said graduation, the width of the shade necessary,

The shade roller B when mounted in the position shown would tend to tip the entire shade holder backward and therefore the lips 3 are placed near therear edge of the top of the main section so that when the shade holder is suspended, the backward tipping is overcome by the point of suspension thereof.

If the weight of the flanges 19 on the end section 15 does not equal the lack of weight on that respective end of the shade roller the same can be compensated for by the adjustment of the clip 6 on the cord 5 in whichever direction desired. It is believed that a clear understanding of the invention may be ha d from the foregoing description there of. Certain modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and I do not wish to be confined to the exact details shown.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A shade holder comprising a main section, slidable end members mounted thereon, means for supporting a shade roller in said end members. flanges on said end members engaging said main section, the flanges on one end member being larger than those on the other, lips formed on the top of said main section, clips adapted to engage said lips, a flexible connection between said clips and a T-shaped tubular member mounted on said flexible connection and adjustable therealong, and a cord attached to said tubular member for suspending the device in a window frame.

BENJAMIN F. MOORMAN.

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